Australia moves towards big score

In the fourth ODI between India and Australia(played on 02 November), India won the toss and elected to field first. Australia started well and scored 125/2 only in 25 overs. In the 39th over the Australians were going good and put 198/4 on board. There was nothing to do for Indian bowlers.



Ishant Sharma, pace bowler, could not stop the opponents and spent a lot of runs at the economy rate of 8.40 in his first spell (5 overs, 42 runs). Ashish Nehra was struggling with same condition but managed to out one batsman, Marsh. Shane Watson was got out by Harbhajan Singh at the personal score of 49 runs. Ricky Pointing, Australia skipper, got run out just after scoring his half century by Ravindra Jadeja.

CL White and Mke Hussy was at 44 and 40 runs till the 38th over in progress. The Australians were soring runs at the per over run rate of 5.18. The first wicket of Australian team fell down at 24 in the 7 the over, second wicket fell at 88 in the 19th over and third wicket, Ricky Pointing, fell at 123 in 27th over. Harbhajan, Ashish Nehra and Yuvraj Singh took one wicket each. The fourth wicket was taken by Indian all rounder Yuvraj Singh in the 39th over in the form of Mek Hussy (40).

India-Australia second ODI: India advantage

On Wednesday, India and Australia will fight at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium at Jamtha, Nagpur in their second ODI of the seven match series. Australia already won the first by 4 runs. But in the second match, Australia is worried due to injuries to match winning players- Brett Lee and James Hopes. Mitchell Johnson is also not fit for the match. Meanwhile, Kangaroo's called Moises Hendriques and Left-arm medium pacer Doug Bollinger, both from New South Wales, to replace one of the player who are injured. On the other hand, Australian Coach Tim Nielsen is hopeful about Johnson and excepted to include in the last eleven at the last time. On the other hand, Indian team has got all rounder Yuvraj Singh back and has great chances over Australia. However, choppy fielding and less-effective bowling of Indian team in first ODI, will be a concern for MS Dhoni. Meanwhile, home ground and crowd will be a added advantage for the Indians. It's a Day-night match and will begin around 2.30 in the afternoon.


India Team: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Amit Mishra, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Sudeep Tyagi, Ashish Nehra, Virat Kohli.


Australia Team: Ricky Ponting (captain), Tim Paine (wicket-keeper), Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Cameron White, Adam Voges, Nathan Hauritz, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle , Jon Holland.

India won but out ICC Champioins Trophy

The same story was repeated at the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy when India had to depand on other teams to win. It may be recalled that in the last world cup the Indian team was in the same situation in the legaue round when it had to rely on other team. So, see the story now. After lossing its match against Pakistan, Indian team wished Pak to win against Australia. On the other hand, it had to win against West Indies on the same day with a huge margin so that it may come into account when required.


But in nut shell, Australia has to win but it did not happen and even registering a convincing win over West Indies, India had to pack its bag. India won the toss in this match and elected to field first. The decision was proved right and Indian bowlers, lead by Praveen Kumar and Ashis Nehra, packed WI in just 37 overs and the total was 129. In reply, Indian batsmen could not do well and manage to win the match within 32 overs at the loss of three wickets.

Jaipur ODI shifted to Baroda

The battle in Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) caused damage to Jaipur ODI which was secluded to be played between India and Australia. The BCCI shifted the opening ODI in the best-of-seven serises from Pink City to Vadodara. The match was to be played on 25 October. BCCI president Shashank Manohar confirmed the news after the BCCI's 80 th Annual General Meeting. In the AGM the Board also condoled the death of former BCCI president, Raj Singh Dungarpur. "It was also decided to set up the BCCI's umpires Academy at Nagpur to train umpires," said Manohar who has commenced the second year of his three-year term as the Board's chief.

Manohar also said that the BCCI's contract with event management firm IMG, whose service was terminated leading to protest letters from seven Indian Premier League franchise owners to the Board, has been re-negotiated. "We would be paying IMG Rs 27 crore per year (as compare to Rs 43 crore in 2008 and Rs 33 crore in 2009). The deal is for ten years starting 2008," the Board chief said. Manohar also sounded a warning to the franchises by saying the Board would not tolerate any more interference in its affairs.

India heading towards to a huge total

The final clash between India and Sri Lanka in the ongoing triangular series is going to be a total entertainer. On Monday, India elected to bat and started well. In this match batting order was changed and Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid were sent for the opening. They did their best and gave a good start. Dravid scored 39 runs and became a prey of Jayasurya. At that time Sachin had completed his first half century of the tournament. After Dravid, Indian captain MS Dhoni came to bat and was off the mark.

Sachin scored his century in just 97 balls. In his century, he hit eight fours. At the same time, Dhoni scored 46 runs off 53 balls which include two boundaries. India was at a comfortable stage in 35th over with 195/1 on board. If India may able to score around 300 runs, it will be in a winning situation and this is not impossible from this stage. However, Sri Lanka is a good side and can chase that kind of total easily.

Harbhajan did it again!

Only one player in the world of cricket is known for wrong reasons. Guess who? Yes, Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. This time he misbehaved with an electronic media person. It happened at the Bangalore airport today when the Indian team was to leave for the triangular series to be played in Sri Lanka. At the Airport, a camera person did touch the off-spinner and the letter pushed him away. Recently, Bajji was in trouble with his new car, Hummer. It hit the roads without number plate and fine was imposed on it by the Chandigarh Police. The Indian team will took part in a tri-nation cricket series including host, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand.

The Indian team will start their tour after a long time of rest. India will take on the hosts and New Zealand in the ODI event at the RPremadas stadium in Colombo from September 9-14. India had last won the final of a major One-day event on Lankan soil in 1998 and then shared the rainmarred ICC Champions Trophy with the hosts in 2002. Meanwhile, Air India came to the rescue of the Sri Lanka-bound Indian cricket team, left in a lurch after a pilots' strike crippled the services of Jet Airways which was originally supposed to take the side to the island nation for a One-day tri-series. They were supposed to fly by the Jet Airways whose services have been hit by the ongoing strike by its pilots, an Air India spokesman said.

Salman wants to owe IPL team but not up to 400 crores

Bollywood actor Salman Khan now speaks clearly about owing an Indian Premier League team. But he reported as saying that he will not bid above Rs 400 crore as rumored. In fact, he thinks that more than Rs 400 crore is too big to buy.

He speaks frankly that he had not that much of money. Interestingly, Salman is the brand ambassador for Indian football. Right now, other Bollywood stars are also learnt to have an IPL team. These include Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan.

Bollywood King Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Shilpa Shetty and Juhi Chawla have already co-owned teams in IPL. But all are waiting to grab the title. Here we want to tell you that all the teams are earning whooping money even without winning the title.